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    guinea laughter

    I have about 100 guinea and when they are out in the summer free-ranging sometimes, not often 1 of them makes a noise like a laughing hyena! Has anyone else ever had that happen? I have had guineas for about 5 years.
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    Candeld eggs does this sign mean they died?

    I let my guinea eggs go to the bitter end....for some I thought did not look right HATCHED! Just let nature take it's course.....the hen does not look...LOL
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    Guess what I bought myself for my birthday? PICS added***

    I live on a farm and my birthday is in the middle of wheat harvest, so no one every remembers So since the children are gone , I take a day trip and spend money on more guineas! Have great fun!
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    Consolidated Kansas

    SW KANSAS Raise Guineas.....have about 100 of them! Who has guineas?
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    Guinea keets dying in the shell at hatch time.......HELP

    OUT OF 42 EGGS...I saved 8.....I think the humidity was ok ? But I have a still air and I think, maybe they just did not have the air circulation they needed, for the incubator is in a small ....really small bathroom with the door closed. I am going to get a fan for the next go around, Have not...
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    Guinea keets dying in the shell at hatch time.......HELP

    Worst hatch I have ever had! Humidity 65-70 % and temp in still air 100 to 101 ...some hatched, but very late...others just are dead in shell When I figured that out I have open eggs and helped a couple....It is so sad! They were alive right up to the end! Every time something like this happens...
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    Putting eggs in egg cartons to hatch???

    I hate hatching in cartons....try it and it was awful....my eggs are guineas, maybe that was the difference!
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    my dog killed all my ducklings, and a guinea today

    GET A SHOCK COLLAR...my Heeler always wears hers....goes on first thing in the morning and the last thing done at nite. You must train with them. Set up a situation and say nothing to the dog...just shock it on a really high setting....the dog will think the chicken, cat, bunny, etc did it. And...
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    Staggered Hatch......it Worked :)

    Shot Them
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    Staggered Hatch......it Worked :)

    I have lost so many adult guineas to the idiot neighbors, that each eggs is priceless! i only have 1 incubator, so I decided when I found 9 eggs after I had started the others to just add them and pray that it worked.....AND IT DID ...... ALL BUT ONE HATCHED! When others that were in...
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    I need more "Frontierville" neighbors!

    The Game Is Way Too Much Like My Real Life On The Ranch In Sw Ks....feed Guineas...kill Snake... ....no Thanks...lol
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    humans the gravest predator of all

    I live way way out the the country and nearest neighbor is 1/4 of a mile away, but is FAMILY....with the out of control children of this day's world! I have locks on all my coops! And have called the sheriff, but no proof....GRRRRRR
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    Need help with an ethical question.

    Get Rid Of The Chicken And Get Guineas ...thus No Marek
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    How long can you hold eggs after you have found a nest

    I decided to hold then until my incubator was empty which be in about a week. I figure the guinea hens have not started to sit on the eggs that I left behind and are still laying eggs in the nest, so if nature was doing it I have a little while.......WISH ME LUCK!
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    Flippin out over THERMOMETERS!

    I have 3 thermometer in my incubator and all are different!And the unit I bought at Walmart is probably the same as yours. I think the humidity meter is off on my as well. I did not understand the way to test humidity with the salt etc. I use a CANDY THERMOMETER WHICH I ASSUME IS THE MOST...
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